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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Easter Ideas for Children

A little premature perhaps, however for all the busy mums I thought that I would write some suggestions of ideas for easter. One of my resolutions this year is to be organised. Being pregnant is helping as I have the nesting bug. Here are some of the things we did last year for easter.

Please share your ideas in the comments

A little easter garden

we used egg shells filled with soil and sprout seeds

We should have really started this a little earlier than we did, so that it was really 'grassy'.

The easter bunny/ hare is then able to come and chew down the grass on easter morning and leave a little treasure and a big mess of grass! Thanks Maree for this lovely suggestion.

Little felt easter bunnies

these are one of my favourites.

They make a special little gift for your child ....tucked up inside a little basket with perhaps a chocolate egg or two or homemade chocolate.....

I have some kits for mini bunnies similar to these I made last year in my shop, here.

Beeswax candle making

...this is always lots of fun

Egg shell candles

I am thinking this year we will experiment with painting the eggs. I think there is a technique with wax and then dyes......anyone tried it?

Congratulations on your expected bundle! I missed the news in another post obviously!! You have put together so many great Easter ideas ....... and the bunnies and chick you make are so cute. I might have to see about making a bunny for our Easter table......!

taking a beeswax crayon or a candle, you can draw lots of patterns ona hardboiled egg, then paint or dye, and the wax will resist thepaint.its quite magical for children (and grown ups too!) if you use a clearwax candle for drawing little patterns, as you cannot see the patternsuntil you add the paint.happy easter crafting to you!Mel xx